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• The Comedy Awards: Best & Worst
• Will the 'Arthur' box-office results put the kibosh on '80s remakes?
• The operatic highs and lows of 'Mildred Pierce'
• Previewing City of Lights, City of Angels film festival
• Photos: Ninth annual TV Land Awards
• Reality Rocks Expo: The sad reality of it all
• 'Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton,' a modern take on a Founding Father
• 'Atlas Shrugged' finally comes to the screen, albeit in chunks
• Kevin Smith brings 'Red State' to L.A.
• Classic Hollywood: Glenn Ford, the actor and the man

The Comedy Awards: Best & Worst Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:15 PM PDT No one seemed to know what they were about, least of all Jon Stewart, who won for best late-night comedy series. Luckily, others had plenty to say.

Will the 'Arthur' box-office results put the kibosh on '80s remakes? Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:41 AM PDT If you're keeping score, it's successful '80s remakes: 2, unsuccessful '80s remakes: 2.

The operatic highs and lows of 'Mildred Pierce' Posted: 11 Apr 2011 07:22 AM PDT The coloratura soprano is the most dangerous of all operatic performers, explains a music teacher in the HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce."

Previewing City of Lights, City of Angels film festival Posted: The annual showing of French movies will showcase two cinematic legends — and their latest movies: director Bertrand Blier and actress Nathalie Baye. The annual showing of French movies will showcase two cinematic legends — and their latest movies: director Bertrand Blier and actress Nathalie Baye.

Photos: Ninth annual TV Land Awards Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:13 PM PDT "The Cosby Show," "Family Ties," The Facts of Life" and more are honored at the 2011 ceremony.

Reality Rocks Expo: The sad reality of it all Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:09 PM PDT The biggest line of the day wasn't for the likes of Ray J or Omarosa, rather it was for a casting call for The Hub's new series "Majors and Minors."

'Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton,' a modern take on a Founding Father Posted: The PBS documentary offers a lively, high-octane look at the man on the $10 bill who created the American financial system. Television documentaries about American history in the post Ken Burns-age have a certain predictability — a placid interweave of earnest interviews with historians, portraits of long-dead presidents and reenactments with the inevitable extras in period costume and fife and drum music.

'Atlas Shrugged' finally comes to the screen, albeit in chunks Posted: A capitalist taken with Ayn Rand's 1957 novel spends almost 20 years and $20 million of his own money to get the first third of it filmed. A capitalist taken with Ayn Rand's 1957 novel spends almost 20 years and $20 million of his own money to get the first third of it filmed.

Kevin Smith brings 'Red State' to L.A. Posted: 10 Apr 2011 01:36 PM PDT Rather than sell the film to a U.S. distributor, Smith is putting it out on his own, hoping to cut out any middlemen and the need for an expensive marketing budget.

Classic Hollywood: Glenn Ford, the actor and the man Posted: Peter Ford writes about his father in a new biography and will attend screenings at the Egyptian. The late Glenn Ford's 8,800-square-foot Beverly Hills mansion has a curious octagon shape that had just one official bedroom — a huge master bedroom on the main floor.

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